Synopsis
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodSergeant First Class Kelly
- Telly SavalasMaster Sergeant "Big Joe"
- Don RicklesStaff Sergeant "Crapgame"
- Carroll O'ConnorMajor General Colt
- Donald SutherlandSgt. Oddball (tank commander)
- Gavin MacLeodMoriarty (tank crewman)
- Hal BuckleyCapt. Maitland
- Stuart MargolinPvt. Little Joe
- Jeff MorrisPvt. Cowboy
- Richard DavalosPvt. Gutowski
Recommendations
- 60
Empire
It’s instilled with the bite and bark of Bilko’s capitalist fervour, and has a fun line in cool, snappy dialogue, although never intending to be quite so broadly a comedy. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
This humorous, lively, and entertaining picture could be described as a caper film set against a WW II backdrop. - 60
Variety
Nearly satirical in its overall effect, plot caroms between cliche dogface antics, detailed and gratuitous violence, caper melodramatics, and outrageous anachronism. - 50
Chicago Reader
An attempt to blend the war epic and the caper film that doesn't quite come off. - 50
Time Out
Interesting only in so far as it reveals Eastwood's nonchalant attitude to the blockbuster. Unlike Sutherland, who tries desperately to act his way out of Troy Kennedy Martin's laboured script, Eastwood just strolls through the film, along the way creating its few cinematic moments. - 50
The New York Times
Not without its problems. But it is very largely without viable solutions to them. Not without resources—it is full of resources, natural and mostly untapped—but with out that resourcefulness necessary to persuade us that comedy, any comedy, is worth the time of day.
